Summer 1923, Albany, New York. Bootlegging, corruption and gangster activity run rampant during Prohibition. An executive of a beverage company is murdered at the Port of Albany, along the banks of the Hudson River. With no clues, no suspects and no witnesses the police are baffled. The company director, the brother-in-law of the murdered man, hires advertising head Caleb Dean and his associates to promote a champagne imitation drink. At a much publicized and celebratory event for the new ...

Mindfulness for Busy People will show you how to apply the transformative power of mindfulness to your busy life, helping you to de-stress, find your own unique space of calm, and ready yourself for whatever challenges you face.Helping you to cultivate and practice mindfulness straight away, you’ll discover:A no-nonsense, light-hearted, and clear introduction to mindfulness and its benefitsUnique and clever ‘I-haven’t-got-time-for-t...

Winter 1926, Albany, New York. The nation is in the grip of prohibition.Corruption and bootleggers proliferate. A local actress is murdered one nightand the city is on high alert.At a dance marathon at Harmanus Bleecker Hall, a second horrendous deathoccurs, the victim a relative of Alan Cartwright, assistant manager of theillustrious showplace. Police embark on an arduous investigation. Doubts andsuspicions mount and motives and secrets abou...

Fear and Self-Loathing in the City is a practical guide to both managing the pressures of the workplace and coping with the struggles we may have in our personal lives. It incorporates simple techniques and quick solutions to many stressful work-related issues that exist in most working cultures. This book is crucial for today's workplace. The current state of the economy, financial disasters and general instability is having a massive affect on employees. Workers have to deal wit...

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant horizon; it is a transformative force reshaping legal systems, public institutions, and the everyday lives of millions. Algorithms now assist in investigations, influence judicial outcomes, automate administrative processes, and process massive volumes of personal data with unprecedented speed. Yet as AI becomes more deeply embedded in decision-making, it exposes profound tensions within the legal world: questions about transparency, accountab...

Behind a veil of betrayal and murder, a family's truth is unearthed.January 1928. Of all times to travel to upstate New York, Alice Cary thought grimly as she hurried into Grand Central Station, it had to be in the teeth of a blizzard. Alice-a stylish young librarian with a sharp mind and a troubled heart-is bound for the state library conference. On the train, she meets Janet Faraday, who confesses a chilling secret: she killed her son's father six years ago... and got away with i...

A brutal legacy. A vanished father. A city that never forgets.1922, Albany, New York. Four years after a young boxer's lifeless body was pulled from the Hudson River, no one has answered for his death. The case has long gone cold-until Trevor Ellison, a fellow boxer, begins to suspect the murder is tied to his own father's mysterious disappearance soon afterward.Desperate for clarity, Trevor hires private investigator Sloan Sheppard. A boxer himself, Sloan navigates a city ...

A practical introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the general reader.From one of the co-authors of the Little CBT Workbook,***The Little ACT Workbook***is a simple, hands-on, practical guide introducing essential ACT techniques you can use to live a full and meaningful life and change your life for the better.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an empirically-supported mindfulness-based behavioural thera...

Depression is a painful place to be - but you don't have to stay there. This pocket guide is designed to help you break free from depression and move towards the life you want. Packed full of guidance, techniques and practical exercises grounded in the latest behavioural science, this book will help you to:- Manage thoughts and feelings more effectively- Take practical steps to improve your resilience and well-being- C...

When anxiety takes hold, it can feel like there is no way out. But with this pocket guide, you can break free from fear and worry and move towards the life you want. Packed full of guidance, techniques and practical exercises grounded in the latest behavioural science, this book will help you to:- Manage thoughts and feelings more effectively- Take practical steps to improve your resilience and well-being- Create a fuller and more meaningful life...

This is a magnificent read, The author is clearly highly educated and a little crazy but in a nice way as he explains in detail why he ups and leaves his, what seems a mundane life to live on the road of adventure. Fact is stranger than fiction with the words from this philosopher. Peaceful Freeman has opened my eyes to many subjects I had no knowledge of beforehand and is written in a most interesting way, With humour, Love and a take no shite attitude, His journey is quite epic to say th...

A young man battles the odds to rescue a lost explorer on Canada's remote Labrador Peninsula in this "literate and exciting adventure story" (Kirkus Reviews).Radio operator James Ferguson was seriously wounded in a bombing mission during World War II. A piece of shrapnel buried in his spine, Ferguson was paralyzed, his brain damaged, and his voice silenced forever. But he never gave up fighting.For the rest of his ...